Partition or guide for files.



P H. YAWMAN. PARTITION 0R GUIDE FOR FILES.

APPLICATION FILED APR, 25, 1907.

Patented Jn.2,1'912.

stares rarer enrich PHILIP H. YAYVMAN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORTO YAWMAN & ERBE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 035' ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ACORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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FABTKTXON OR GUIDE FOR FILES.

Apptication filed April 25, 1907. 'Serial No. 370,191.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

30 it known that I, Punitr H. YAWMAN, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State ,otNew York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Partitions or Guides for Files; and I do hereby declarethe tollowing to he a full, clear, and exact de cription of the same,reference being had t'tV'tllQ accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthe specification, and to the reference-nmncrals marked thereon.

My present invention relates to filing devices and particularly such asinclude a receptacle, usually a drawer, provided preterably near or atthe bottom with a rodor similar im'paling or securing member which inuse passes through the cards or sheets fo'ri'ning the records to bepreserved, or the said cards, or some of them, may simply 'tormpartitions constituting separating mem bers dividing ott papers orarticles arranged in groups between them and forming them in classes,and my invention has for its object to provide partitions or cards ofthis nature when used for whatever purpose, which will be strong anddurable and be particularly reinforced at the point of engagement withthe rod or equivalent member and at the, point or points at which it.receives the greatest-strain or at which it would have the greatertendency to break, were my improvements not applied thereto, whereby thecards are rendered serviceable througlniiut a longer period ofsubjection to constant handling.

A. further object of my invention is to provide a reinforcement for thecard which will not add appreciably to its thickness and though exposedto contact with papers inserted adjacent thereto will have no tendencyto engage the same, and prevent their proper arrangement.

To these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvementsand combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the endof the specification.

In the drawmgs: Figure 1 1s a transverse vertical sectional view of afiling receptacle showing in front elevation a card embodying mylYIlplOVGlYlQlll'S as used therein. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectionof the card taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a perspectivedetailview showing the rear Patented J an. 2, 1912.

lteterrii'ig now to the drawings in which similar numeral of referenceindicate similar parts, 1 indicates the side walls of a receptacle ordrawer provided with a bottom 2 having a slot or opening 3 therein,thesaid bottom being preferably arranged slightly above the portion abof the walls upon which the drawer operates and is supported. Locatedwithin the slot and extending longitudinally thereof is a'eard retainingand, in the present instance, animpaling rod or member t arranged to liebelow the plane of the upper surface of the bottom of the drawer forreasons hereinafter referred to, the rod being otherwise connected andoperating in any suitable or desired manner.

The objectof the member t in a device of this character is to so engageWithin suitable perforations or cutaway portions in the partitions orcards as to maintain, for convenience, their correct positions in thecontainer or to prevent their withdrawal by unauthorized persons, andbeing in constant usage, particularly when employed as partitions torpurposes before identified, the Wear upon these cards is great, it beingcustomary tto form them of light yielding material. in order that theymay be bent or inclined upon their support to permit inspection ofpapers arranged behind or adjacent thereto. When so handled they arenaturally grasped at their upper-qr exposed edges. and sometimessubjected in this manner to severe strains which are resisted only atthe con-- nection between the rod and card with the result that thelatter is disposed to crack upon one or more lines intersecting the aperture aitd rod. Particularly -is this true when the cards are formed asshown in the draW- ings wherein 5 indicates the-body portion of the cardand G a tongue or extension formed thereon projecting within the slot 3,and" provided with an aperture 7 to accommodate the rod 4-. The card isthus weakened in form in the vicinity of the" greatest stressand thetongue becomes cracked or broken, usually across its base. If a grometis employed in the aperture the advantage gained slight, as I have foundby experiment that the crack will still appear either as before or in aline tangent to the gromet and it is, moreover, open to the objectionthat it must project appreciably above the tion for paper filingreceptacles comprising surfaceof the card and will engage papersinserted against the faces of the latter. To obviate all thesedisadvantages I provide upon the card adjacent the point of engageinentwith the impaling or retaining memher, a relatively indestructiblereinforcing plate 8 having an aperture therein registering with that inthe card, and n'eterably of corresponding shape. The said plate shouldexteml to the edge of the card when prae: ticable and particularly whenthe card is provided with the tongue. in which case the plate shouldalso e.;tend above the aperture to a point well beyond the base line ofv the tongue, or'beyolnl the junction of the latte and the body of the-ard, that is in the present form the line oi the bottom edge of thecard. It is secured to the latter preterably by a plurality of spurs 9arranged in rows, shown. which may be punched from the material of theplate and driven through and clenched upon the opposite side of thecard. down and secured in a similar manner and upon the upper edge isalso provided an,

iidditional spur 11 similarly treated.

The plate may be termed of any suitable material, but preferably of thinand. rather soft or slightly-pliable sheet metal, which wiltgive alimited degree as the card is bent or sprung to prevent the fastel'iingsbecoming loosened, but which will nevertheless prevent the card frombending to the breaking point. The thinness of the metal which n'iaybeem 'iloyed with good results prevents it from engaging the papers asthey are inserted, which result is also obtained .by the action of therounded edges' o't the spur 11 (clearly shown in Fig. 2) and of thecorners 10. The aperture 7 is greater in the vertical than in thehorizontal dimension to preventthe cards from binding on the rod whentilted.

The advantage of a device in which the rod is located below the surfaceof the bot.- tom oi the receptacle and the partition card provided witha tongue extendingdownwardly and into cooperative relation therewith is,that papers may be filed therein without being 'irovided with a cutawayportion to :ugconnnodate the rod and by elongatin the aperture asdescribed the card may normally rest upon the bottom instead of upon therod, as shown. This form may be safely adopted and rendered durablethrt'lugh my improvements. the i.'eintorccnu-nt 8 extending across allpoints where weaknesses would otherwise develop "and parti ularly at thebase of the tongue, as be .t'ore pointed out.

.1 claim as my invention:

1. As an article of manufacture, a parti- The upper corners 10arewturneda body portion having a tongue thereon, said terial ol thebody portion arranged thereon adjacent. the cutaway portion andextending beyond the base of the tongue to cooperate with both thelatter and the body portion.

2. As an article of manufacture, a partition for paper tilingreceptacles comprising a body portion having a tongue thereon, saidtongue being provided with an aperture -to accommodate 'a retainingmember and having a reinforcing member of relatively stiff materialdistinct from the material of the body portion wholly superposed thereonto surround the aperture and extending beyond the base of the tongue tocooperate with both the latter and the body portion.

is an article of manufacture, a partition for paper tiling receptaclescomposed of relatively thin material embodying a body portion having atongue thereon, said tongue being-provided with a cutaway portion forcotiperation witha retaining ntember and having a reinforcing memberarranged thereon adjaeentthe cutaway por tion and comprising a sheetmetal plate extending beyond the base of the tongue to cooperate withboth the latte and the body portion and secured thereto by a portionbent to extend thrraigl'i the material of the card at the upper edge ofthe plate.

I l, its an article of; manufacture, a partition for paper tilingreceptacles comprising a body portion having a tongue thereon, saidtongue being provided with a cutaway portioirtor cooperation with acrud-retaining member and having a reinforcing ineinber whollysuperposed thereon to surround the cutaway portion composed of a pliablemetal strip extending beyond the base. of the tongue to cooperate withboth the latterand the body portion. l

The cmnbinat-ion with a paper filing receptacle having a slot in thebottom thereof 'and a retaining member located in the slot,

ha \ing a tongue projecting within the slot,

said tongue being provided with a cut-away 1 portion for cooperationwith the retaining member. and a reinforcing member of rel atively Qua.material distinct from. the matex rialjot' the body portion on thetongue adjacent the cutaway portion and projecting beyond the base ofthe tongue to cooperate with both the latter atid the loody portion.

PHILIP H. YAl VliiAN. l l itnessesc WAL'rrr. '13. im an, RUssnLL B,GRIFFITH.

